The Most Beautiful Mosques in the World

9. Al Nabawi Mosque, Madina, Saudi Arabia

In the Mosque of the Prophet (or Prophet's Mosque) (Arabic: المسجد النبوي), in Medina, is the second holiest mosque in Islam and the second largest mosque in the world after the Mosque al-Haram in Mecca. This is the end of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The mosque is considered the second holiest mosque by both Shia and Sunni, while the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is the third holiest shrine.

One of the most important features of the site that Green Dome through the middle of the mosque, where the tomb of Muhammad is located. This is not really known when it was built green dome but manuscripts dating to the early 12th century describe the dome. This is known as the Dome of the Prophet or the Green Dome. Islam after the government greatly expanded and decorated it. Early Muslim leaders Abu Bakar and Umar are buried in an area around the mosque.

The site was originally Muhammad's house, he settled there after the Hijra (emigration) to Medina, later building a mosque in the courtyard. He himself shared in the heavy construction work. The original mosque was an open air building. Basic building plans have been adopted in the building other mosques throughout the world.

The mosque is also used as community centers, courts, and religious schools. There is a platform to raise the people who taught the Koran.

8. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Israel (Palestine)

Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى, "the farthest mosque"), also known as Al-Aqsa, is an Islamic shrine in the Old City of Jerusalem. In the mosque itself is part of Al-Haram ash-Sharif or "Sacred Noble Sanctuary" (along with the Dome of the Rock), a site which is also known as the Temple Mount and the sites holiest site in Judaism, because it is believed to be the Bait in Jerusalem once stood. Widely regarded as the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that prophet Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Al-Aqsa during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition states that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God ordered him to turn towards the Ka'aba.

In the Al-Aqsa Mosque was originally a small prayer house built by the Rashidun caliph Umar, but it has been built and developed by the Ummayad caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son Al-Walid in 705 CE. After an earthquake in 746, the mosque was completely destroyed and built by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 754, and back again by his successor al-Mahdi in 780. Another earthquake destroyed most of the earth's most al-Aqsa in 1033, but two years later the Fatimid caliph Ali az-Zahir built another mosque which has stood up to the present-day. During the periodic renovations done, the various ruling dynasties of the Islamic caliphate addition to built the mosque and surrounding areas, such as domes, vision, and minbar, minarets and interior structure. When the Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099, they used the mosque as a palace and church, but its function as a mosque has been restored once again by Saladin. After renovations, repairs and additions made in later centuries by the Ayyubids, Currently, the Old City under Israeli control, but still below the mosque-led Palestinian administration of the Islamic Waqf.

7. Zahir Mosque, Kedah, Malaysia

This mosque was built in 1912, by Ibni late Tunku Mahmud Shah Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram. This mosque is the tomb site of Kedah warriors who had died while maintaining Kedah from Siam in 1821. The architecture of this mosque was inspired by Mosque Azizi in Langkat city in northern Sumatra. The mosque is enhanced with five large domes symbolizing the five main principles of Islam.

6. Omar Ali Saifuddin, Brunei

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is the mosque of the Islamic empire, located in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. The mosque is classified as one of the most spectacular mosques in the Asia Pacific region and a major attraction for tourists. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is considered amongst the people of Brunei as a landmark of the country.

5. Taj'ul Mosque, Bhopal, India

Taj-ul-Masajid, is a mosque located in Bhopal, India. This is one of the largest mosques in Asia. The mosque is also used as a madrassa (Islamic school) in the daytime.

4. Baiturrahman, Bandar Aceh, Indonesia

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is a mosque located in downtown Banda Aceh. This mosque was once a mosque of the Sultanate of Aceh.

When the Dutch attacked the city of Banda Aceh in 1873, this mosque was burned, then in 1875 the Netherlands to rebuild a mosque as his successor.

This single-domed mosque and can be completed on December 27, 1883. This mosque was subsequently extended to 3 domes in 1935. Recently expanded again into 5 domes (1959-1968). This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia which has a nice shape, carving an attractive, large yard and feels very cool when the room was in the mosque.

3.Sultan Mosque, Singapore

Sultan Mosque, located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in Kampong Glam district Rochor Planning Area in Singapore. The mosque is considered one of the most important mosques in Singapore. Prayer hall and domes highlight the mosque features of the star.

Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, only with improvements made to the main hall in 1960 and the annex added in 1993. He set a national monument on March 14, 1975.

2. Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan

At Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Indonesia and South Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. It is the largest mosque in the world in 1986-1993 when defeated by the size of the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. After the expansion of Al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia in the 1990s,

Faisal Mosque largest mosque into fourth place in the world.

1. Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh

This mosque is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located in the heart of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this mosque was founded in the 1960s.

Has a capacity of 30,000 people, being 10 largest mosque in the world, but still get the mosque is too full of faithful Muslims worship. Because of this, the government of Bangladesh has decided to add an extension (widening) of the mosque.

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